Formamide is an amide derived from formic acid. It is a colorless liquid which is miscible with water and has an ammonia-like odor. It is chemical feedstock...
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Formamide-based prebiotic chemistry is a reconstruction of the beginnings of life on Earth, assuming that formamide could accumulate in sufficiently high...
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Leuckart reaction (section Formamide as reagent)
formate or formamide as the nitrogen donor and reducing agent. It requires high temperatures, usually between 120 and 130 °C; for the formamide variant,...
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Azodicarbonamide (redirect from C,C'-azodi(formamide))
Azodicarbonamide, ADCA, ACA, ADA, or azo(bis)formamide, is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C2H4O2N4. It is a yellow to orange-red, odorless...
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Dimethylformamide (redirect from Dimethyl formamide)
reduced pressure. As its name indicates, it is structurally related to formamide, having two methyl groups in the place of the two hydrogens. DMF is a...
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undergo the denaturation process through various chemical agents such as formamide, guanidine, sodium salicylate, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), propylene glycol...
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N-Methylformamide (redirect from Methyl formamide)
as a highly polar solvent. NMF is closely related to other formamides, notably formamide and dimethylformamide (DMF). However, industrial use and production...
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Isocyanide (section From formamides)
developed. Commonly, isocyanides are synthesized by dehydration of formamides. The formamide can be dehydrated with toluenesulfonyl chloride, phosphorus oxychloride...
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(CH3)2CHNHCHO + H2O → (CH3)2CHNH2 + HCO2H Pure ammonium formate decomposes into formamide and water when heated, and this is its primary use in industry. Formic...
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(alkanoyl) group (R−C(=O)−) joined to an amino group. Common of amides are formamide (H−C(=O)−NH2), acetamide (H3C−C(=O)−NH2), benzamide (C6H5−C(=O)−NH2),...
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called the Vilsmeier reaction) is the chemical reaction of a substituted formamide (1) with phosphorus oxychloride and an electron-rich arene (3) to produce...
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In enzymology, a N-substituted formamide deformylase (EC 3.5.1.91) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction N-benzylformamide + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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Diethylformamide (redirect from Diethyl formamide)
formula C5H11NO. As its name indicates, it is structurally related to formamide, having two ethyl groups in place of the two hydrogens. It is used in...
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Formic acid (section From methyl formate and formamide)
indirectly by first treating the methyl formate with ammonia to give formamide, which is then hydrolyzed with sulfuric acid: HCO2CH3 + NH3 → HC(O)NH2...
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Proto-metabolism (section Formamide chemistry)
can be achieved. Formamide (NH2CHO) is the simplest naturally-occurring amide. Similar to HCN, formamide can form naturally. Formamide has specific physical...
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Deuterated DMF (redirect from Dimethyl formamide-d7)
Deuterated DMF Names IUPAC name 1-Deuterio-N,N-bis(trideuteriomethyl)formamide[citation needed] Other names Dimethylformamide-d7[citation needed] N...
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(3,4) bonds can also be formed from N-substituted α-aminoketones and formamide with heat. The product will be a 1,4-disubstituted imidazole, but here...
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an alkyl or aryl halide with a formyl group using a N,N-disubstituted formamide. For primary alkyl halides this produces the homologous aldehyde one carbon...
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also be synthesized artificially. Purine is obtained in good yield when formamide is heated in an open vessel at 170 °C for 28 hours. This reaction and...
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N-Formylmorpholine (category Formamides)
N-Formylmorpholine is the organic compound with the formula O(C2H4)2NCHO. It is the formamide of morpholine (O(C2H4)2NH). A colorless compound, it is a useful high...
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with formamide in a process now known as the Leuckart reaction. Benzylamine occurs biologically from the action of the N-substituted formamide deformylase...
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Cyanide hydratase (redirect from Formamide hydro-lyase (cyanide-forming))
enzyme cyanide hydratase (EC 4.2.1.66) catalyzes the chemical reaction formamide ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } cyanide + H2O This enzyme belongs...
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Formamidase (redirect from Formamide amidohydrolase)
chemical reaction formamide + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } formate + NH3 Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are formamide and H2O, whereas...
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available, an explanation is needed for why the set used is so small. Formamide is attractive as a medium that potentially provided a source of amino...
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preferentially to DNA at low ionic salt concentrations and in the presence of formamide, thus the DNA duplex may not reform once it has been melted and annealed...
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isocyanides, is odorless. It is prepared by dehydration of the related formamide derivative. It is used to convert ketones to nitriles (Van Leusen reaction)...
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Formetorex (redirect from N-(1-phenylpropan-2-yl)formamide)
three steps. For amphetamine synthesis, a mixture of phenylacetone and formamide (sometimes in the presence of formic acid) or ammonium formate, is heated...
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fluorocarbons. Such reactions usually employ polar solvents such as dimethyl formamide, ethylene glycol, and dimethyl sulfoxide. Alkyl halides differ greatly...
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functional groups from derivatives. Primary syntheses in quantity involving formamide have been reported.: 241–242 As a class, pyrimidines are typically synthesized...
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Substituted formamide + aniline: The first step of this synthesis route to an N-arylformamidine as amitraz is the reaction of a substituted formamide, usually...
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